Domestic-league season · Motherwell.
Missed 3 of Motherwell's ~38 games this season through 3 injury absences (thigh problems). He still appeared 7 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 League Cup | 34 | 5 | 0 | 2673 | 6.85 |
 Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 6.72 |
McGhee's current-season form is down 100% on last season (Season 13→0), while his Rating eased 33→22. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 32).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Motherwell · 4th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | 22 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | Motherwell · 8th | 25 | 4 | 0 | 6.91 | 33 | 13 |
| 2023/24 | Dundee · 6th | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6.85 | 39 | 32 |
| 2021/22 | Dundee · 3rd | 34 | 1 | 2 | 6.65 | 48 | 27 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
J. McGhee is a 29-year-old full-back at Motherwell, rated 22 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (2.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 1.06 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on McGhee.
On the season, McGhee graded 0 for current form (age-blind), on 0 clean sheets and 1.059 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 13 → 0). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 22. At 29 McGhee is in his prime years, and a market index of 7.5 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: McGhee missed 3 games through injury (thigh problems) out of roughly 38 this season. The 7 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — light defensive volume across 7 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 12) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.
Rated 22 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as light defensive volume (1.06 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~14), then tapers with age. At 29, McGhee sits on 7.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is McGhee's projected Rating — 22 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
No transfer news found for this player.
